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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JAN. 19. '; he Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. : ord ABINGER presented a petition from a person of the name of \Wright, complaining of an Act, commonly called the Lords' Act. Lord FOLEY presented a petition from the Baptists of Worcester, pra)ing for the immediate abolition of slavery in the colonies. PETTY LARCENIES. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition, which he consi dered from its nature as well as from its being signed by 43 of the acting magistrates of the County of Sussex, to be a petition well deserving of their Lordships' attention. The petitioners stated that they were con. stantly called upon to commit persons to prison for petty stea'ing ; that often those persons so committed remained in prison for five or six weeks before taking their trial ; and that afterwards when convicted before a jury, taking their former length of imprisonment into consideration, the magistrates could only inflict what ap. Feared to be a •ery small punishment, the cause of which not appearing to the public, it was liable to be regarded by the public as an inefficient punishment. At the ♦ery last Petty Fes- ;ions for the county of Sussex, he himself (the Noble Duke) was present, and saw a person tried fur stealing a few trifling ar- tick's of the value of sixpence. That individual had been eoaned in gaol fifty days before his trial, so that the Court could wily inflict one week's additional imprisonment upon him, and ordering that he should be kept at hard labour. What the petitioners thought was, eh it there should be a petty Sessions held on public days,and that their CA.airts become public Courts, at which they might try those casts of petty larceny much more frequently than can be done now, and where such cases might be disposed of quite in a ,uramary manner. The next thing they eal:ect the attention of the House to was juveni:e oir.-nders, in respect of whom he (the Noble Duke) entirely agreed with the petitioners. They stated that they believed, as indeed appeared by the present returns before the House, that a very large number of the persons committed to the prisons of this country were under the ale of 14 or 13 years ; and that in the instances hich p2rsons of those years were committed for small 14reenies, it would, in the of Win!) of the petitioners, be infinitely better that the Magistra'es should have the power of sending them to a reformatory school, rather than of com mitting them to prison, however well diciplined that prison might 1).?. When a person of such years was committed to prisoo for such an offence, it was not to be expected but that, when he went back to associate with those r. ho had inauced him to ecmmit the offence, he would become equally as bad as ever. the Magistrates of the county of Sussex and him elf asked of their Lordahipa was, that they would recommend the Legis!ature to make the experiment, which he believed had been the 1, and succrs , fully trie,l, as Iris Noble Friend at ;he head of the Council was well aware, in the CAldren's Friend Society, where it had been f and to answer r. , ,naritably well, and also by the Society t'or the Refuge for t. ,, e Destitute. What they asked was that enquiry shoull be uu,te into the facts set forth in the petition. Lastly, the magi , trates called the serious attention of their Lordships to the Acts which had been pwscd during the lest Session. He (the Duke of Richmond' had ventured wt, en these rills were before the House, to move a claese to the effect that oboe of the offences which w , re hercafte- to be capital and w•,ich had been most properly reduced during the lost session—that none of these should be tried at Quarter Sessions. The majority of their Lordships had agreed with him that that should be done, t the Bill having come up at so late a period, it was in,- po,eible to send teem back again to the House of Commons for the purpose of introducing the clause. At present it was left to the magistrates, before whom persons charged with great aal beinouiotrencus would be tried. Ile (the Duke of Richmond) did not wish to impose additional duty upon the. Judges ; but whe:e seritms oT.ncei et that character we. e to be adjudicated upon it, it w0...1.1 be nacre satisfactory to tl.e public if they were trhd before the Judges. Ile begged to call the attention ot' the Nela'e Lord at the head dr the Go ver rimeet, and also cf the Sseretery of S , ate for the Flame Department, to the petition, and if they ad got other met,ers to attend to, he (the Dike of Richmond) would here,fter move that the petition be referzed Committee of their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM thought er:ry person who hat heenl the irn 'pt•r'nnt statement o' Lie Neble Duke must at leu•t agr-e with him that it was tt subject ituperie.:v.ly railing t,r enquiry Ile was of those who had seppotted the Bills which had dimiuished •o groat an amount of c..p.tal offences, awl by wldeli capital tunisheient was restricted to a very few crimes, but he had never st i ,eght that, whets that change of the law Lad 112_,11 sterported by him, ,sed when these Bills had bee., pass-ii —he certainly ..id rut the::!: that Vie consequence would be to sti,,ers de tee h 411.17 tribti,dis of cri henal jestice, and tr,nsfer t' e aemitil,trati n the tiw In all those cases which now for ;he tie t time had cea,el to he , ,its: to Vie It certain It it' any bad set, tact they W.2re to transfer as those s w hie% ::re no iong,er capita: (rem the ji.k;ges i,fAms ze. to the st,sious thiit every rine •:. - ou'd at enc.:lcon:es, who has herd the subject dise,isse that that wa4 r.o prlet of the pro'2.et 1:e real y thot , g' t tie so:..ieet requiri'd tuul he fe:t uo doubt if it was pot give.,, it wcitill tie Lee `s:,:try the Legailatur:t to interf:re. 1 e hat: uo tlitit,t that her Maesty'... .verulnent would turn their attentitai to it. jr.,! LORD CH A`:CI:M.Oi had tit hat t h 4tzbk. et required huntediat:i.ittention, but the coarse tlrit it would be beat to adopt, re cu'se..l great i.:ansitl.-ration. `.ot'd 1;17.:)Ut11/ 71 thought that woutc be a great goi,il if '..steer assist.' ice were provid for the Judge at the S-ssioas _Lord BiNGER thought there was yune inisunderstandiag e then in t'- mind of 'lie petitioners, or in the mind cf the Noble Lord who had prt,ented the petit ire. The C, utt of Sessions had before the power to try all 'hese orfencrr. Why the Magistra , es shou'd erm?'a.ll he could no: tell, !‘c: - ause if they chose. to e,mintt persons to the f,2narter Ses p,.rs they tietst try Meal then.. • The :Juke of RICHMOND must, in just ire to the Magistrates of the city r.:ttsse, soy, ti at they were well aware that they I:Al the power to try tacit or:eoces, but it was their custom not to it , so. The . idges it was true had made no such order as had hewn re erred t but if they had, the Magistrates would not have obeyed it. the Afa - tistrates complained of v,as that the discretion wal D ot removed from the a. 11, could not s.'e any thjec lion to tying in a Bill for the purpose of saying that the cases should b.• tried before the Judges. Ile knew perfectly well that some of the gas who went the Circuit said, Why dorm bring this paltry case be_ tons i ns a not try it at the :iessions?" and a other .1112 - ; • ,a'd just the reverse. All the magistra, es wanted was your regul..Lon troon the Auiki Ct. • asked for no more than that these might be an Act of Parliament on c, e subject, an that it might he binding upon al Nlnistrates. to had s. • doubt, a Bid to carry the recommendation into efrect would be very easily passed, and he trusted the C,,vernment would introduce one at a.! early period. If not, he wool I take thel.berty of again calling their J. , :rdships' attention to the st&j:ct. Lord WH A lINCLIFFE was fa:ly of opinion that all great crimes styy,..ld be tried Deere the Judges of the Land, because sm:h a solemn trial haii a much greater effect than one had before the Quarter Sea. kioll3. A Bill for the purpose of carrying the Noble Duke's plan into eireet could be easily passed, and he trusted his Noble Fr lend would lose no time in Introducing one for the purpose. Lord ABINGER agreed in all that had been sail, but he believed it would be found that the fact was, that many Magistrates were afr Lid of putting the county to any great expellee, and therefore, they committed to the SAiiotls ; and if the Noble Duke awn., ed h.s Bill, he would find that he would create mood alarm ,amongst the Magistracy He wished, however, that a d'stinction .r the easse , of crime—f,r instance, for the crime cf sheep.stealing a heavy pu saaishment was inflicted, yet ha saw no reason why it should not be tried it Vie Quarter Sessions. So again wall the crime of stealing in a c.wrllit,g house, where the sum was not pee. CANADA. Lord BROUGHAM Reid he had a petitioa to present on a subject which occupied much of their Lordships time last night— the present unfortunate state of affairs in the province of Canada—a ennition from the Baptist Church and Congregation of Romney-street, Weetminster, deprecating all coercive measures, and recommending *he propriety of taking the tOraoet precaution to avoid a Civil War. ":he Noble and Learned Lord also presented a petition from the Borough of Maryiebone, agreed to at a public meeting to the same ef fect. My Lords, said the Noble Lord, it is unnecessary for me to state that with the exception of one, I entirely concur in the statements in the I petition, and that I also conc ur i n th e prayer of those petitions, and the geeerat feeling that actuated the petitioders. It is also unnecessary for tf,er what passed lest sum ner and last night, that I should detain your Iserdahios by stating they have my cheerful concurrence. But, Sot Lords, I wish to apologise to your Lordships for an omission of mine, welch may appear to have betokened a want of due respect to a Noble Friend of mine. I understand that, after I quitted the licuse last Light, many observations were made, some in a more vehement, sot other; in a more peasant manner, upon my absence. My Lords, it is well I should state the cause cf that absence. I had heard my Noble Feieod at the head of the Government admit that he redly had no de fence to offer to the main charge which I felt it my painful duty—l wll; ;till use that worst, notwithstanding the denunciation of it by ano ther Noble Friend: of mine, if tie w ill allow inc to call him so—if after Cie n;ght'e refreshment and rest lie is disposed to allow me to call him so—notwithstanding, I say, the denunciation into which he w sited himself up respecting it—l understood my Noble Friend at the had of the Government to state, it n - as a part of time con duct of the Government which he could not justify, and as lie did mot yireceed to attempt to defend or justify it, I really did suppose there was an end of the debate. I was confirmed in this belief—a mistaken one, as it now appears to be—by another Noble Friend of mine, if he will alleve me to call him so, at the head of the Council—the Lord President of the Council—having got up and presented himself to your Lordships, apeerently with the view to offer some observations to your Lordships, tut immediately again taking his scat, and never having again presented himself during the interval of the debete. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—I made way for Lord Ripon. Lord BROUGHAM—He had passed cut of the House, and he bad made no answer. I had thought there was enough to answer in what I had sail before, and as my Noble Friend had not answered that, I did not expect that he intended to answer my second speech. 1 - lowever, my Lords, as to my going away, I have besides to say that I was yesterday slowly and partially recovering from a severe indisposition, having been under • medical treatment, and ase[sed by my physicians to be careful of exposing myself in inclement weather. I have this apology to offer to your Lordellipe and my Noble Frisnd,and I hope it will satisfy you. But then if my friend (Lore Lane eiuwne) had a right to complain, or if any other Noble Lord had a right to cemplain, no one had less a right than my Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, for I have been told by some that if Iliad been present lie would have been deprived oft he best part of his speech ; indeed the admirers of my Noble Friend say—of the best thing he ever said in his )ifs.—;Hear, and a laugh.) He said that I, like my friends, Fapineau and the others— Lord GLENELG—No; that you went across the hoe like your friends. Lord BROUGHAM—WeII, I was not present, and I cannot answer for what my Noble Friend did say ; but I am told that my Noble seriend used the refined expression that I bolted.—(Laughter.) Lord GLENELG-1 did not say so. Lord BROUGHAM—WeII, I must begin to think that my Noble Friend did not say the good things at all which his friends say were the best things he ever sell its his life.—(Laughter.) It turns out to he a mistake, and that my Friend only said that I went across the line. New, I can't find any similarity in the conduct of those persons when my Noble Friend speaks of—l mean the rebels in Canada— zed mine; for I slid not retire across the line or from this House out any fear ot her Majesty's troops—(laughter)—but from the accidental .circumstance which I have alluded t0.—(.1 laugh.) I mei. seil the line horn those circumstances, but it seems I did not get out of the reach of itier Majesty's troop;—(a laugh)—and here I am again without any r ar of their putting me down as they have put down those Ge e or troops to whom I have strange's , been likened. My - s ent e Friend said, that all the demands of the Cena liens had been .cee'ed from them, and that they were new only quarrelling with ua fci ee tz'ving them something quite unreasonable, and which they had eweeeseeppeere demanded, and that this wee the consequence of yielding to itheir dev.weds. But, my Lords, I occupied a portion of your Lord_ 1 scamp's time tset night in showing that we had not given them all they anted—that we had not given them any part even which was of anal value—an Eleetice Legislative Council. And that what we had given, , sower over the purse, they had no sooner made use of than it was takea tom them. To say, therefeee, My Lords, that they had received every thing, and were satisfied n its nothing, when in fact they had received tnothing but refusals and r cantetions, and that, therefore, this sesswed Ilia evil ceatequeecee of giving way to uereaeonable peeple.—this, many Lords, is one of the most extraordinary deductions from such pro. - Anises I ever heard. It reminds me, my Lords, of the miner in the play, wl.a raid " thank God I never gave anything away in charity, eecept ca. bad shilling to a blind beeeer for holding my horse."—(Lousl .I.laug'stee.) My Lards, with reo,ard to the Mission of my Neble Friend earl of Durham), as he stated that his powers were to be very even _gm I conclude they will inelude the power of granting as elective ;,s i t s native Council, if they do not, I warn toy Noble F e .e:; and 1 wt ern ,hose who send his,,, they had much better not send any mid to „i , rand to receive instruclions, when the very first thing lie have to report wil: be, that the Canadians will be satisfieLl with I:cithinz short of an Elective Legislative Council. Lord MELBOURNE said that the plea of personal indisposition sufficiently accounted to the House for the absence of his Noble and Learned Friend, but he apprehended that it was rather unusual for a Noble Lord, after making a speech in which he had animad verted on the measures of Government, to withdraw without waiting to hear the reply.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, with great respect to his Noble and Learned Friend, that he ought to have confined himself to the excuse of personal indisposition, which was amply sufficient without alluding to other matters, as accounting for his absence, which did not appear to bin (Lord Melbourne, to possess the same force. His Noble Friend ought to have known that it was due to the House, and to the Government, upon whom he had so severely animadverted, to remain and hear what was to be urged in their defence. The incon venience was sufficiently evident from the course pursued by his Nobl• and Learned Friend. He had on the present occasion renewed the whole debate of last night, and entered afresh into the arguments which were then urged.—(Hear, hear, bear.) He lied not only done this, but he had been led into a misrepresentation of what had occurred during his absence. He (Lord M.) certainly did say that the not sending troops to Canada was the most pressing; and not th• pleasantest part of the argument; but he distintly stated that it was perfectly defensible, and that the Government had just grounds for the course they had pursued in that respect. His Noble and Learned Friend had mentioned that no argument had more validity—that un doubtedly was for others to judge of, but he begged to say there was a complete defence for the conduct of Government. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Library Committee was appointed. DUCHESS OF KENT'S ANNUITY BILL. The Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill was then read. The Bill went through a Commit tee and was reported without amendment. Lord BROUGHAM said he did not intend to offer any further oppo sition to the Bill, and would merely take the opportunity of entering his protest against the measure on their Lordships' journals. The Bill then passed through Committee, and their Lordships ad journed. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION S. LO T 3 ER CANADA GOVERNMENT. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) - - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17. Motion made and Question put,—" That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make temporary provision for the Government of Lower Canada :"—The House divided : Palmer, It Palmerston, Viscoun' i'arker, J. Parrott, J. Pattison, J. Pechell, Captain Peel, Sir R Perceval, Captain Ponsonby, lion. J. Rice, Edward Nice, 'l'. S. Birth, H. Rh shards, Richard Rolfe, Sir R. I. Nose, Sir Ger,rge Round, C. G. Rushbrooke. Colonel Russel!, Lord John Salwey, Col , nel Sanderson, R. ScarLitt, Major J. V. Seymou , Lord Sheppard, T. Shirley, E. J. Sinclair, Sir G. S'aney, R Smith, J. A. Smith, Hon. R. J. Smith, Vernon Somerset, Lord G. ornerville, Sir W. Standisli, Chariso Stanley, Lord S an! q, W. O. Strangwlys, J. G. Stuart, IL Stuart, Lord James Strut, H. C. t-ir T. C. S.,;rrey, Eurl of Talfd,rd, T. N. Tancretl, kl. w. Th,'im,,on, C. P. 'l'hornekty, Tivtinas TerxMey, Tracy, IL Trouliriklge, Sr T. - 1 ufncll, H Vere, Sir C. P. Vivian, Sir R. R. Walker, R. \\'es coo., IL V. Westenra, .1. C. 'White, Andrew Wilde, 'l'. Wilshe-e, W. Winiiing,ton, H. WLIY.I, C. Wood, Captain Worsley, I.nrd Wynn, C. W. l'ate , , J. A. Young, G. E. 'Vann:, John TELL Ens. Stanley, E. J. Steuart, IL MAJORITY—AYES, 193. Acland, Sir Thomas i Fleming, Admirai Arland, T. D. Forbes, W. Adam, S.r Charles Forester, lion. G. Agliontiy, H. A. Fort, John Aglionby, Major l'rearintle, Sir T. Ainsworth, Peter French, F. Anson, Hon. Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Ashley, Lei d Godson, R. Attwood, Wolverly Gordon, R. At t wood. NI. Gordon, lion. W. Millie, Colonel H. Goillburn 11. B irnard, E. G. Granby, Slarquis Barrington. V . ict,unt Grey Sir G. Bentinrk, Lord (1. Grimiton, Viscount Berkeley, F. H. Grinistene, E. 11. Bernal, ti. Hale, R. BLig-lon • Blackstone, W. S. Halford, H. Blair, J. Harland, W. C. Iliac, W. J. Ilasti7, A. Do .ling, W. Hawes, B. B.athwick, P. II .wke I'. Bo u , . es, .1. Hawkins, J. H. Broadloy, H. liar, Sir A. I. Brodie, W. B. f Hayter, G. W. Broenrige. J S. HeAlicote, G. J. Binges, W. 11. .. flobbruse, Sir J. C Buller, C. flobliouse, I'. B. Bullrr, E. Hodges, T. 1.. Bur,i,tr. Sir F. Hodgson. F. Purr, hiigford I Hodgson, R. Pustield, W. I. !loge, J. W. Byog, G. S. Holiond, liabert I aiming, Sir S I Holmes, \V Ca: Lac, Sir J. It Holy, G. W. Cavonilish, Hon. C. Horsman, Edward el ilders, J. W Howard, F. J. Clay, W. Howard, P. H. Collins, ',V. I elow.ird, W. Conte, Sir C' I towirk. Lori (7,,rry. II _ht Don. 11 Hurst, 11.. 11. Cov:per, W I'. ligestri e, I.ord aiii, W. “ilas.,ll Inet s, Sir 11. 11. Cri,swel, C. James, W. , rip 3.3, J. Jr, - yli, I. , rd I. , ailneny. 1, , -r,l Klima ril, FLti. A. F I L,r7 y, (:co-se Kingi.t, li. ti Denni,toun, .1. I..abou..here, 11. e HOrSPy, S. If. . 1 ambton. H. l -i'lsr ell, Beta ..iti Lefer ro, C. S. D'atin. A K. Lennox, 1,-,re, A. 1)•r-Title, W. S. Li-ter, Fl C. Duke, : - -ir J: mss Lockhart, N M. Dun:. mbe , W. Logan. 11. Duncombe, A. Loslaington• C. Dandas, F. Lynch, A. 11 Ea.% J. B o ller Mari - cur.., Thomas r.tsthor, John M•Le- id, R Eliot, Imo! 7tracitainam, NW. Eliot, Hon J. E. Mattle, W. H. Ellice, Can'ai I i I‘ll%iroay. 1' St. J. Ellie .. II . Hon. F. 1 Miltco, La - a Elitee E. t 111 rdattnt, sir . 1 , El-i,. ' J. 1 yorpeth, Viscount I inch, Francis I Musket , . G. A. Fitz-!an, ..ord 0 7 Ferrall, ',lore F:tzroy, Lord (7. I Ossulston, Lora Flei. , twood, ii. I P. kingt• , r, J. S. MINOIIII'Y-NOES, 111 , 1 kin, J hn James C. F'.rowne, It. D Lc . ae.•r, J. T Cutter, Hon. P. Vigo's, N. Gotittarl, AvarGse Tri.T.F. us. /Tom -, Joseph ‘Vakloy, , Toomas LOWER CANADA. Motion made, and Questi•:tn put,—.' That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that She Will be graciously pleased to give direetlons that there be laid b-fore this House, Copies of any De spatches received from Lower Canada, explaining the ennduet anti proceeding; of the Speaker of the House of Assembly of that. Pro vince, awl of the twenty-seven other persons named in the Report of the Attorney and Solicitor-General, dated ISth November, 1837, upon account of which the said persons were directed to be arrested, and the date of the proceedingg upon account of which their arrest was ordered, and the date when ordered to be arrested —The House divi'led Ag A. Agliouby, Botik,n, John James I.l,therton, J. Buller, C. Wilanm - ORITY—AYES, 13. Finch, Francis Hawes, B Lea(l.2r, J. I% Ester, E C. Vigors, N. A. I,Vakle.y. Themas Wa:turt*n, H. TELLFI23. Flume, Joieph Grote, U. Acland, Sir T. D. Acirid, T.:?. 4(1.-00, A:tint:al Sir C. Ainsworth, Pe or .blev, Lord .JOIZITY-NOES, G . adstone, W. Gordon, itsbert Cordon, Hon NV. Grlnaston, Lord Griroston, lion. E. Hate, Robert B. Hthhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Hodgson, Richard Hope, G. W. Howard, P. H. Ingl:s, Sir L. H. .1..! es, NV. I.bouchere, H Logan, Hatt Lushington, Charles Mamie, W. H. Mildly ay, P. S'. John' Morpeth, Viscount O'rerrall, More Palinerstone, Visct. Peel, Sir IL Rice, 'l'. S. Mohanls, R. Rose, Sir G. Rushbrooke, Colonel Rutisel!, Lola John Smith, R. 'Vernon Somerville, Sir W. St.iiiley, E. J. Stanley, Lord Steuart, IL Stuart, H. Thomson, C. P. \Vood, Thomas Wo , sley, Lord s A ynn, C. W. Young G F. Young, John Att% 06fi, Attwood, M. - - Barington, Lord liorthwick, Peter J S. Bruges, %V. H. L. Canning, Sir S. Cavendish. Hon. C. ( Hiders, J. W. Cl4y, W. Darbv, Gc,7rge De Horsey, S. H. Eliot, Lord Ellis, John Forges, W. Forester. Han. C. F'remant:a, Sir 'l'. TELLERS Croy, Sir G. Wood, C. GOVERNMENT of LOWER CANADA A BILL TO MAKE TEMPORARY PROVISION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF LOWER CANADA. Ordered by the Ilousc.. of Cummons to ha Printed. [The words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.) Whereas in the present state of the Province of Lower Canada, the House of Assembly of the said province, constituted tinder the Act i s iessed in the elst year of his Majesty King George the 111., intituled" An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of his Majesty': reign, intituled, An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and' to make further provision fcr the government of the said province," could not be called together fdr the purposes in the said Act mentioned without serious detriment to the interests of the said province; And whereas it is nevertheless expedient that the said province should be per. =fleetly governed on constitutional principles adapted to prornote theist. terests cf all classes of her Majesty's subjects in the said province : And whereas, in order to the preparation of such measures as it may be de sirable to propose to Parliament for improving the Constitution of the pro inces of Lower Canada and tipper Canada, or either of them, and for regulating divers questions in which the said province; are jointly inte_ rested, her Majesty bath been pleased to authorize the Gorernor-General of her Majesty's provinces in North America to summon a meeting, to be holden within the said provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, consisting of the said Governor-General and of certain persons to be by her Majesty or on her Majesty's behalf for that purpose appointed, and also consisting of certain other persona representing the in. terests and opinions of her Majesty's subjects inhabiting the said provinces ; and whereas it is in the mean time necessary that tern. porary provision should be made for the Government of the said province of Lower Canada; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that until the First day of Novemher One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty, so much and such parts of the last-recited Act and of any other Act or Acts of Parliament as constitute a Legislature for the province of Lower Canada, or as relate to the powers or functions of the bodies composing that Legislature, or either of those bodies, shall cease to be in force. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by any Com mission or Commissions to be from time to time issued tinder the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or by any instructions under her Majesty's signet and sign manual accompanying any such Commission, to appoint or to authorise the Governor of the said province of Lower Canada to appoint from time to time such a number of Legislative Councillors for the said province of Lower Canada as to her Majesty shall seem meet, and to snake such provision as to her Majesty shall seem meet for the removal, suspension, or resignation of any such Legis'ative Councillors. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor of the said province, with the advice and consent of the said Legislative Coun. ei Hors, or of the major part of them, to make ordinances for the peace, welfare, and good government of the said province of Lower Canada, which Ordinances shall have the force and effect of law therein ; pro vided that no such ordinance shall be made to continue in force beyond the First day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty_ Two. Provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall not be competent to the said Legislative Councillors to act in that capacity, except at a meet. ing to be for that purpose convened by the Governor of the said pro vince, at which the said Governos and Fire such Councillors at the least shall bs acotally present: Provided always, Vat no such ordi nesse.. as aforesaid shalt be made, unless the same shell have been ' first proposed by the said Governor for the adoptlon of the said Legis. lative Councilors ; and provided that it shall not be lawful, by any such law or ordinance as aforesaid, to alter in any respect the law heretofore existing in the said province respecting the constitution or composition of the Legislative Assembly thereof, or respecting the right of any person to vote at the election of any member of the said Assembly, or respecting the qualifications of such Voters, or respecting the division of the said province into counties, cities and towns for the purpose of such Elections : Provided also, th A it shall not be lawful by airy such Tow or Ordinance as aforesaid, to impose aey tax, duty, etc r r impost, save only in so far as soy local rates or assessments which a! the date of the present Act are payable wlthin the said province may by any such Law or Ordinance be continues is force. thesiAd ,v 1) lia,t,,,cedrn consentar i s a .t od tot h ia a ifec t rr i yr s: .. ?: , l it. dtsl said p : c e re r os i v r a o i nir fore said, i ra t e : - 1 1 M: jesty'a ecitirin the • monies winch now are or which shalt here attcr bo in the hands of the lt e. celvsr-General there of, whether arising fro n_ the proceeds efany duties or taxes, or from any other of lier Majesty' s seventies accruing within the said province ; and a'.so to appropriate sufficient part of such mo. n:es towards the repayment of any sum o:ziims of money which shall have been issued out of the sum of one h•mdred and forty-two thousand one hundred and sixty pounds, fourteen shillings, and sixpence, granted to her Majesty by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for advances on account of charges for the Administration of Justice, and of the Civil Government of the province of Lower Canada, upon a certificate from the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three or more of them, set ting forth the several sums which had been so advanced for any of the purposes aforesaid • provided always, that no appropriation to be made of the monies aforesaid, in respect of the puhlic service for any one year shall exceed the total amount of the sums appropriated by law within the said province for the public services thereof in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-two. And be it enacted, that all the provisions contained in the said recited Act of the thirty-first year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in reference to the enactment and to the confirmation or disallowance by his said Majesty, or for reserving for the signification of his s Majesty's pleasure of laws enacted by the Legislature by the said Act constituted, shalt apply to, and be in force respecting all laws and ordinances to be made in pursuance of this pre,ent Act, in so far as the same can be so applied. ♦nd be it enacted, that at any time before the arrival of the period so limited as aforesaid, for the euspension of such Legislative powers as afore. said, it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by any order to be made with the advice of her Majesty's Privy Council, to declare that from a time to be by such order for that purpose appointed, all the preceding enact ments shall cease to be in force, and the same shall cease to be in force from that time accordingly. And be it enacted, that for the purposes of this Act, any person authorised to execute the CoMmission of Governor of the Province of Lower Canada, shall be taken to be the Governor thereof. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETT WHITEHALL, DEC. 7, 1837. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, present, and appoint Sir David Brewster to be Principal of the United College of St. Salvador and St. Leonard, in the University of St. Andrew's, in the room of Dr. John Lee, resigned. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 19, 1838. 4th Regiment of Foot—C. W, F. Hunter, M.D., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Parry, appointed on the Staff, dated Jan. 19. fith F o ot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon W. Thompson, 111. D., to be Surgeon, vice Goodriche, who retiresupon half-pay, Jan. 19. 3Sth Foot—Captain C. Boyd, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice A. Blennerhasset, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Jan. 19. 49th Foot—Ensign R. A. Seymour to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Robinson, who retires; R. Blackall, Gent., to be by purchase, vice Seymour, Jan. 19. En sign, Foot—Lieut. W. C. Harris to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bayly, who retires ' • Ensign W. Cross to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Harris; W. B. Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cross, Jan. 19. 69th Foot—C. A. J. G. Annesley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wynyard, appointed to the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Jan. 19. 75th Foot—Ensign G. W. Conyngham Stuart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brabazon, who retires; Gentleman Cadet St. John T. Gore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stuart, Jan. 19. 97th Foot—Lieut. A. F. Welsford, to be Captain, by purchase, rice Keating, who retires; Ensign W. Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, •ice Welsford ; F. W. Lane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyd, Jan. 19. 9Sth Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Fagan to be Quarter master, ♦ice L. Castray, who retires upon half-pay, Jan. 19. BREVET. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Co:npany's Service, to have the temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Palley, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining :—Gentlemen Cadet J. R. Becher ; Gentleman Cadet J. S. Alexamter, Jan. 19 HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon W. Parry, from the 4th Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Thompson, promoted in the 6th Regiment of Foot, Jan. 19. WHITEHALL, JAN. L 2. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Seulamore, .Maidstone, in the county of Kent, Gent., ti be a Master Extraur. d:nary in the ILgh Court of Chancery. B.ktiKRUP"IeY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS SiMCOCK and JAMES SLATER, tailors, Litt,• Pyjer-street, St. James. BANKRUPTS. JOHN HAY FEfl, victualler, Hampstead-hcath, to surrender Jan. 29, at half-past eleven, and March 2, at twelve, zt the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basingliall-strzet, official assignee ; Werkes, Tokenhouse-card. JOSEPH 41 ORIT 2 BLOOM, dealer in fancy goods, Brighton, Jan. 23 and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Taylor and Collis ~ o n, Great Ja.m es-street, B e dford-row ; Isaacs, Jefries-square, St. Mary Axe. EMIG E DICKINSON, paper-matmfacturer, Dover. Jan. 30, at three, and March 2, at twelve, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich. Kennet, Dover ; Hawkins, Bloaam, and Stocker, New Unswell- court, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn. London. RTHOLOMEW HASKELL, conch and cart wheelwright, Watford, Hertfordshire, Feb. 2, at twelve, and March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basingball-street, official assignee ; Wingfielrl, Great Marlborough-street. THOMAS LINSELL and WILLIAM LINSELL, tailnri, Piccadilly, Feb. 2, at twelve, and March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abehurch-lane, official assignee; Wil liams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. RQI3ERT STONE, surgeon, Oxford, Jan 24 and March 2, r..t ten, at the Roebuck Inn, Oxford. Roberson, Pembroke-street, Oxford ; Miller, Ely-place, Holborn. HENRY KENDALL, EDMUND KENDALL, JOHN KENDALL, and JOSF.PH KENDALL, rerforners Fib. 6 and March 2, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmincham. Milne, Parry, Arline, and Morris, Temple, London ; Besvciek and Son, Birmingham. A AEON LEES, cotton-spinner, Lancaster, Feb. 3 and March 2, at tiro, at the Commissioners'-roams, St. James's-square, Man chester. Johnson, Son, and Weatheral!. Kin's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Kershaw, King-street, Manchester. JOHN HUXHA3I, ale and porter-merchant, Upper Thames street, Feb. 2, at one, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Ilasilight;ll- street. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; Rowland and Young,WbiteLioa-ceurt, Cornhill. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN, 19. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per - Aires. Annum. Paid. 3hare 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average I • sh • 135 9 - 7 l2B 1.182 41. Ashify.de-le.Zouch .. ..... -Average 1131. oh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 100!. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Breckneck ant Abergavenny lsoi. oh. 106 3,000 I-16sh. 31. 6s. Birmingham, I.loth share ... ...... Sti. & 711. 2 90 4,000 Ditto arid Liverpool Junct...l2s/. ,h. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton .... 100 /• s h. all p d 64 400 4/. Chelmer and }Backwater 1001. oh. 102 500 481. Coventry :00/. oh. 700 4,545 Croydon 2,0601 4/. Os. Dudley -- 600 71. Derby lON. ph. I°3 11,000 Danune and Mayne 4l/. 13s. 4d pd 33% 3,575! 3/. Ellesmere and Chester...... Average 153/. sh. 77 231 40/. Erewash 1001• on. '7OO 1,297 2."1. Forth and Clyde Average 1.00/.160. th. 610 1 1,900 121. Grand Junction 10tl/ sh. 220 2,549; 1/. Grand Union 1001.3 h. 25 1.500 Grand Surrey 1 0,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/.125. Si. Glainorganzhire, Average cost 1721.4c1. '749 10i. Grantham 150/. oh. 1,235 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. So.6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 25,323 11. 51. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. sh 2, 1 11,71 24/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 545, 131. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 1, 8 97 41. 101. Leicester snit Northampton... Ayer V3l. ilia. 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. 50 . 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. h. all pd. 3.000 11.10 s. Macclesfield 1001. s 21,7 171. Neath 1001.1 h. 1,78 d 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 2,100 51. Peak Forest A rei ~ge about 781. oh. 1,418 12a. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. PA. sh. 5,639 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 500 81. Shropshire f 251. ph. SOO 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 3,600/. 4i per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. ph. 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. oh. 500 SI. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 300 9/. Stourbridge 3,647 21. i.s. Stratford-on-Av - in ...Average 791. 9s. 1-id. oh. 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. 3,762 11. Iss. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ar 351. ph. 1,6001 en. 321. 19s. Trent and Mersey, . share 1001. oh. 3,119 Thames ..nd Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. 641. eh. 1,0008 h./ I . a/ Warwick add Birmingham 1001 . sh 1,000011.1 • 930 11/. Warwick and Napt lOO/. eh. 6,000 4/.os. Worcests.r and Birmingham... Av.76/.Bs. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berko .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 300 31. Wyrley and Essington 1251. oh .iso Wisbeach 905 Is. Wey and Arun llOl. oh. 'U 138 151} 11* 710 280 330 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1838. DIVIDENDS. At the Coart of 13ankraptcy,11-strost. H. Pegg„ hotel keeper, Tunbridge-wells, Kent, Feb. 10, at eleven —W. Green, silk warehouseman, Cheapside, Feb. 8, at eleven — J. Simpson and J. Wiudross, linen drapers, Bishopsgate-street , Feb. 7, at eleven—E. B. Bradley, maltster, Nine Elms, Surrey, Feb. 12, at 12--NV. Devey, caal merchant, Holland-street , Christ church, Feb. 6, at 11—U. Green, coachniaker, Eagle-court, Red Lion-street, Feb. 12, at one—W. S. Warwick and T. W. Clagett, merchants, Billiter-square, Feb. 13, at one, and Feb. 19, at twelve —H. Field and J. Crane, varnish makers. Bush-lane, Cannon street, Feb. 9, at one—lt. Springett, hop merchant, St. Marga ret's-hill, Southwark. Feb. 9, at twelve—T. Dornford, wine mer chant, Philpot-lane, Feb. 9, at half-past twelve—R. H. Vinson and W. Shoults, carpenters, the Maze, Southwark, Feb. 10, at 12, Is the Country. R. Feltham, oil merchant, Bath, Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath—G. Hall and J. H. Bryant, stationers, Bath, Feb. 27, at three, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath —H. Farmer, ironmonger, Bath, Feb. 27, at one, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath—T. Pizzie, upholsterer, Batb, April 14, at twelve, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath—J. Mapp, timber merchant, Bir mingham, Feb. 7, at two, at the Swan Hotel, Birmingham —J. Davenport, colour manufacturer, Derby, Feb. 6, at three, at the Offiee of Mr. G. Smith, Derby—S. Morgan, toy merehant, Bir mingham, Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Union Inn, Union-street, Bir mingham—J. Britton and J. W. Briscoe, linen manufacturers, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 19, at one, at the Vane Arms Inn, Stockton, Durham—W. T. West, draper, Nottingham, Feb. 8, at one, at the White Lion Hotel, Nottingham—J. Tevrster, builder, Myton, Kingstoi-upon-Hull, Feb. 7, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—C. Baker, timber merchant, Back-of -the- Waits, Southampton, Feb. 15, at twelve, at the George Inn, South amptou—C. Caldwell and 1. Smyth, Live r p oo l, an d J. Forbes and D. Gregory, bankers, City of London, Feb. 15, at one, at th e Offices* of Messrs. Leigh and Sanders, Liverpool—J. Broom, worsted yarnspinner, Kidderminster, Feb. 14, at eleven, at th e Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster—W. And rews , cloth dres ser, Leeds, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court Hous e , Leeds—J. Steven son, furniture broker, Sheffield, Feb. 16, at e l even , a t the Town Hall, Sheffield—E. Jones, drysalter, 31anch es t er , Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Commissioners Rooms, Manchester--S•. Owen mercer, Nantwich, Cheshire, Feb. 19, at eleve n , a t t h e Crown Inn Northwich, Cheshire—W. Brown and W. A n d rews , c l o thdressers , Leeds, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds. CERTIFICATES, Faa. 6. C. Sayers, money scrivener, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk —H. Farmer, ironmonger, Bath—W. Reynolds, jun., w ine merchant, Savage-gardens. FEB. 9.—J. Britton and J. W. Briscos linen manufacturers, Darlington, Durham—W. Soulsby tailor, Newcastle-upon - Ty ne — W. Alston, spinner, Leieester—J. Wootton, coach maker, Bland ford Forum, Dorsetshire—H. Field and J. Crane, varnish makers, Bush-lane, Cannon-street--J. Drabble, axletree maker, Kent street, Newington—G. Stringer, sen., ironmonger, High-street, Islington—S. Anderson, merchant, Wigmore-street-31. and W. H. Eburne, coashmakers, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street — T. Wyatt, baker, Oxford—J. Macdougall, inerelsant, Buenos Ayres —R. Mower, woollen daaper, Shoreditch. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Forshaw and Co., boatbuilders, Liverpool—R. Perkins and W. H. Frampton, atterneys-et-law, Gray's Inn-square—G. Rus sell and I. Paley, shipbrokers, Liverpool—W. Medealfe and T. Rushworth, brush manufacturers, Manchester—J. and C. H. Stan brough,stHonal,ifLaxa,ncyasolikirsec-ireG_. j a . n a d n, J l J . Burley, W.s peoe s h p l i e r y al , wharfingers, Islewerth, Middlesex—J. an d W . Dav i s, manufacturer, c co u a tt l er merchants Pre plumbers, Peterborough, Northamptonshire —G. Yost and T. Ro binson, blacksmiths, St. Helen's, Lancashire —H. Hodder and H. J. Simmons, porter merchants, Staines, Middlesex—R. and T- Dannatt, coopers, Kingston-upon-Hull —R. S. May and J. Copp, corn merchants. Bristol—R. Oxtoby and Co., corn millers, Wens ford, Yorkshire—H. Merry, and Co., manufacturers of spoons, Birmingham—T. and G. 'Purvey, printers, East Retford, Notting hamshire—T. Brandrain and Co., merchants, Size-lane (as far as regards F. H. Brandam)—W. and J. Burnie, merchants, Bishope gate-street--C. S. Butler and C. Haris, attorney s , Great SC. Helen's—R. Back and J. Graham, carmen, Gardener's-lane, Up per Thames-street—J. G. Crump, jun., an d P. S. Bull, mer chants, Liverpool—. l . and B. Garsed, sloth finishers, Elland, Yorkshire—C. and R. Johnsen, silk manufacturers, Buglawton, Chester—P. Wilson an A. Mousir, drapers, Manchester—H. Sunderland and Co., silk makers, Huddersfield Yorkshire (as far as regards J. Baxter) —W. Pickard and Co., joiners, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards P. Wilman)--W. Hodgson and J. I3arwis, common brewers, Wigton, Cumberland—R. Claridge and salesmen, Finchley, Middlesex—E-. Par sons and B. Butler, schoolmistresser, Northend-terrace, Fulham— T. Ferris and E. Lisby, accountants, Lower 'Thames -street—W. Stores. and J. Crabtree—J. and G. Herdman, grocers, Conuleton, Cheshire—W. Brown and J. Weldon, quarrymen, Beverly, York_shire—B. and G. Lowe, merchants, Birmingham—J. and H. 'l'ovey, coach lamp manufacturers, Bristol—A. E. Thomson and A. Christie, spirit merchants, Water-lane, Tower -street—G. and J. Deane, dealers, Dover—E. West and J. Harvey, livery stable keepers, Dorset-square—J. and E. Harris, agents, Cork—P. s w if t and J. Young, general factors, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire—E. and C. Hide, builders, Worthing, Sussex—J. and H. Kellett, sch=s Halifax —W Turner and Co., miners, Surigley Hall, Cheshire—G. and J. Halstead. PRICE OF SUGAR. The avrrag. price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns made in the week ending the Pith of Jan., 1538, is 40s. 4);(1. per C w t.. exclusive of the Duties of Custom s paid or Nyatile on the Impo r e a : tion thereof into Great Britain. The opening of the Oxford and Cambridge Club Home has been postponed till the lit of February ; an d i t i s doubted whether it will be ready even then, DOCKS. 2,600 k } 3p. c Commercial .lOO/. sh. 1,06518 h 41k8,667t1. 6 per ct. East India Stock 3,235,310 i/. 503. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds ;380,000/. 411. p. ct. West India Stock 2,20.1 V. I9s. Bristol 68,3'24/. 51. per cont. Ditto Notes, various amounts .152,75'2 5 percent. St. Katharine stock 500,000 41 per Gent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 a ter cent. Ditto Bonds ter 10 years Shoreham lirir hour 2.300 ........ Deptford Piet 'Ol. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,600 V'S. Hammersmti 5Ol. ch. 7,2.31 Southwark, Old Av. NIL 2s Sit. sh. 1,70) 11. 15c. Ditto, New, of it per cent. 5Ol. sh. 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 IFs. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of la. MI. pd 5,01 tO 15$. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/, pd 60,000/. 51. per tent. Pito Bond. 5,848 17s Vauxhall ' Avsrage 701. 10s. 341. On ASMLANCI . COMPANIES. 2,000 3110$ Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 50,00 0 [ 3 gi e i;Z t 'l Alliance, British & FOreign 100 1 . sh. 10 0 / . pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 24,000 V per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd I,2lXllsh. 51. Birmingham i ire ' , Mil. sh. 55/ pd 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 30/. pd 12.000 01. per cent. Brlt.mh Commercial 501, sin si. pd 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi .411,&c. Life, 1101 sh. 2/10s pd 4,900 21 Its County 1001. eh. 10/. pd 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd „,„ 5 per cent.l Economic lite lOOO/. eh. 2501. pi '' an 4 30/ bs. 2,171 22s.per cent Eurepezn Li. • .0' sh. all pd 22 50,000 its. Ditto, New ... '''C/. sh 21. pd I! 1,000,002/. 71. per ct. Glotns Stock 135 20.0110 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27V pd 53 3 0 , 000 fis. t. 2.1. Hop , . 5O!. th. : - .1. IA 6 .2,1,0 U. 7s. (Si. Imperial e ire . 5001 sh. 504 oft 126, 1 7,500 os. Imlicrial Li:e lOO/. AI. 191. pd 10 13,452 4/ per cent. Indemnity M .tine... 100. sir. ii!. pd 191 2,0, - .0 31 10s Keel Fire '5O/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 7O 10:00 16s. Law Life. LIT 5 0041 10 6 . London, Fir • ..... 251. sh. 121. 101 pd 151 s 3,9.10 10s. Londcn, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pa 153 3, 1, 0.0 ff. per cent. Palladium lat.. 501. sh. 2/. pd '2151s osl 50,003 41. per cent. I rotevtor Fire 0 0/. sh. 2/. pd 17. Osi 2,500 1/. Prov tient Lire lOO/. sh. 10/. pd - .0 100,01X 1 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 1/, pd i 680,210/ 51. per cent. Royal ExeliAige Sto. k... 2251 o,ooe 5 per cent. Unle,:sity I. l fe lOO/. sii. 51. pd .50,000 4 per cent. United KinTlorn Life !2,1. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 S percent. Agric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,0110 A utt rata. ia 4Ol. sh 40/. pd ff),000 10 per cent. Bane of Birmingham 5ll. sh. 101. pd 10,0110 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 50/..h. Si. pd 3 0 ,0041 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sit. 201. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster ..... .... MO/. sh. '..1.. 0 i. pd 1:5040 Liverpool 1001 sin 101. I.d 50,030 71 per cent M2.nehrpter and Liver/. 101 l 10w. . h. 15/ pd Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/.0. 251 p i a 20,000 ... ...... Provincial B ink of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pet 20, CO National Bank of Ireland -5.1. eh 170. pd 'O,OOO 5 per cent. National Pr.iv incial Eng. lOO/. sh. 35/. pd 0,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 0,009 leper cent. I tanipshire 501. sh 51. pd GAS LIGHT ANt) COKE COMPANIES. 2..501) 1154 6,1 Bath 5,000 British 4O!. sh. 101. pd %We 51 •P rcent i Ditto Provincial 2O/. eh. 19 cl . . Zane Bs. ss. SA 51 108 Birmingham 4,254 21 Os Bristol 1,500 nt i C.§ Brighton 201. sit. 750 31 11' 6 Ditto, New 2O/. sh. Ist. pd 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 201 sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidatod lOO/. 0-21/. pd 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,000 et. Ditto, New 11,000 41. IN. Equitable 'ol. int 10,100 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanct s'l Al) ‘..01. pd 2,350 61. per cent. Independent lOl. sh. a'l pd 9,000 31. per cent. Phi nix 50/. sh. 31.11. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100!. sh. 804 pd 4,00 South Pletropolitan 5lO. sh. 19/. pit 2,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sli. 461. pd 210 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 4 11 0 19/. per cent Wakefield '22/. sh. 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered fli.oo 12s. Ditto New 800 Yarmouth 26/. sh. IR. pet WATER WJRKS. 4,800 gs, Birmingham 251. sin 25/ pd 1,434 M. East London lOO/. sh. 5, 5 00 21 10s Or 'no Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. Ad. sh. 2,000 9.1. Kent lOO/. sh. 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 1,500 2110 s Now Ulster London Bridge Water Antunties 11,486 1/ 153 111. - wchester and Salford lOOl. ph. 1,000 4 per cent. South Lon lon lOO/. sh. 5,2114 4/. West Middlesex ....Averar• 113/. 12s. lid. sh. 1,360 1/ 14c York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/.Bh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby .. . 2O/. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloncestct l2l/, pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and ', !lames Junction 15, , .00 Bristol and Exeter lOW. sh. 10 pd CO 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Westcol...o4ol. oh. 7V 3 ,0011 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny .....100/. sh. 21 pet 60,000 Eastern Counties Grand Junction .OYOI. sh. 115/. p 1 Great North of England 23,f..00 , tlO/ sh 55/. pd Great Western 2,0:70 • •sil. sh. 1001 pi Hartlepool ia,ooo Hull and Selby .501. sh. 10/. pd 10,004 Leeds and Manchester.... ..00(71. sh. 51. pd 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swanningto. -.501. sh. all pd 5,101 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester 101.1.5 h. 100/, pi 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5!. p d 36,000 London and Brighto.i 12,00 A London and Blackwall ..........501. all 3 1 . Pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .......20/. sir. '2O/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1(Yo/. sh. 901. pd ......... Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ p 0 20,000 London and Southampton -.Ai/. sh. 50/. pit Ditto ditto New 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk '2Ol. sh. 20/. pd 7,0;;0 141. sh. 51. pd Ditto Scrip 12,000 London Grand Junction... ...... 50/. sh. 51. pd Io,ooe 1011/. sh. 25/ pd North N lN ps l tro - oe , r n :t e iti:o h te,: e ,,,,i s ll t i ean e 2 r ,d,:id a dn‘ i dtvDdEyaairrsilti Darlington : n i t i n s g n ha n 1 ... ". 0/ . sh . 71. pd 103/. sh. , q. lid 50/. sh. 30/. pd 28, 1 90 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 2 1,: a 0 10/. per cent. „V. pd 10(4. sh. li3OtXl Thames Haven 5O/. sh 21. 10s. pd 1,4110 Westminster and Greenwich 53/. sh. 21. pd 11,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 61. pd MINES. 3,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 311. psi 4,000 11. ss. A iten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 111,000 ... Ditto Subscription .9.5/. pa 2,000 I.'l. BoLtios 1501. sh all pd 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 20/. pd 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cones United 25/.sh 2341. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 9/. pa 10,0:)0 Bolivar Copper Company '2Ol. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 - Ditto Scrip... 10/. sh. 5/. pd 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 40. pd Cata Branca e f . p d Candonga 741. pd 10,000 II Copiapo 2Ol. sh 121/ pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 Si , English l2l Its. pd 20,000 ......... General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 151. pd 0,155 ....... Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd : 3, " ....... -. Polberou Consols. lO/. sh. SI. pd Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 50,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....40/. sin all pd 11,500 ......... Real del Motile, Unregistered Darr. Scrip West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd so :I k.: O e l t p a S .ny ..7 . 5 2 g 5 : 5 1 1 . 1. 41 pd h pa . 14 1,00 0 1,5 00 Loudon University 10)1/. sh. ail pd 700 15s K A i u n s gt r 'a l Ci a ° l l ll e:g ricult ii r a 1 ....1 -.1. 00 : / ..51 . 1.1. s : I ss i hhh... 2 1 2 5 00 216: 1 11 1 / 1.. ... p i l l )p ) , d d ci dd 32 3 03 4: Canada 11e : 1' c l:1 :a il:N I B , n, Company al a S l Yni o'ppiNaln'a.:loEnz. Navigation )n n U a Tdri t l i i 2 1 1;01‘;A : : :: 00a, 7 :100 11 0 4 1.1 p ppl e :e r rOr s c cc. e se n ,,i, t tt. .. cc ß :3aa r e i tinon t . 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent 10: I 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75!. sh. 19 s,OO O New Brunswi.l Land Company 43/. pd II 2,7 A, 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 100/. pa 127 ; 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. lid S 6 4,01 4 0 1 'lames Tunnel 501. sh. all 'id 6 10,000 6s. Van Dic.: wen's Land 1 00 1. sh. 17/. pd 9: 240 01 01 6 151 1 1 tl f i I 21 :31 38 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. DEC. 30. 1637. BANKS. I 5 , 0, 001,, Rd p. ct. flank of Scotland 93/. Gs Sd. sh. all pd 1901 . ,', l no 0)(/. 5i p. et, liOyai of Scotland lOW. sh. all pd 161/. '' ,- .. 00: 0. - */. Sp. et. British L.aen Company 100/. sh. :di pd 11:V1. 3. 6 00,0 00/, 111. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175!. 5,100.0tQa. ,i. et. N,tional lOO4 sh. 101. pd 16/. 2, 6040001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2591. sh. 50/. pd 69/. t,0 000.01. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 39f1. INSURANCE COMPANIES. •25/".000sh Gi p. et. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/, pd 27a -, , sop 6i p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd 13/ 15 4 . „, tne,o oo Sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 8/ 5s 50,0tY4 6p. ct. North Britisb 2001. sh. 101. pd L , I. 1 1 ,90 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 190!. sh. 101. pd 1(110: 5 , t -, 0 o p. et. Disfiburgh I ate 1001. sh. 10/. pi 14119 s 101,,1i09 3i. p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pti 51 t , s MISCELLANEOUS 4810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 901. Ditto Alli.casted 951. A. all pd CZ/. 5,460 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stack Watcr....25/. ch. all pd 941 Carron Iron Company 2591. sh. all pd 4.51. 4000 sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founitery 501. sh 3.1. pd 431 10, 000 3 per cant. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pil 8-11. 4.sco 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 58/. 4450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 611 75 i 7i per cent. Leith Coal tila , . 201. sh. all pd 45! 1,2 1 ; Edinburgh end Dalkeith Railway...so/. sh LOl. WO 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company 25/. sh. 'N. pd 10/, THE WEATHER. The severity of the weather has much increased. Last night, at eight o'clock, the mercury had fallen to sixteen degrees below freezing point. There was a great quantity of floating ice and snow in the river yesterday. The fixed ice below bridge extends to the tiers of shipping. The repairs going on at Blackfriars.bridge have caused an immense ac cumulation of ice on the south shore, extending to nearly the centre arch. Off Hungerford-market and the adjoining wharfs the barges ale embedded in ice for a distance of fifty or sixty yards. The piles of the coffer-dam for the new Houses of Parliament have been the means of stopping the floating ice at that part of the river, and it now extends a considerable distance from the shore. Higher up the river there are also immense banks of snow and ice, which are increased every flood and ebb. The navigation appears entirely stopped. THE PARES.—THE SERPENTINE.—The - extremo fineness of the day collected a great number of people on the Serpentine, but from the quantity of snow upon it skating:is almost impracticable, except where men have been employed in sweeping it off. The skaters as sembled were extremely numerous, especially about three o'clock. A party of about twelve gentlemen exhibited the art with great effect, and collected a number of fashionables on the bank to wit ness their evolutions. The persons who surrounded them on the ice appeared to be so much engaged with what was passing before their eyes as to be unconscious of the danger to which they were exposed from the weight pressing upon the ice, until a loud crack warned them of their peril, and they hastily rushed to the shore. Soon, however, they one by one returned until another alarm caused a fresh retreat. A poor woman who was on the ice fell with such force that her nose was broken in two places. Mr. Pritchard, the superintendent of the Hu mane Society, rendered her every assistance, and after getting the wound dressed sent her home. KENSINGTON GARDESIS.—There were few persons in the gardens; the fashionable resort appeArecl to be the Serpentine. . ST. JAMES'S PlRC—There were a great number of persons on the ice of the ornamental water engaged in skating and sliding, but among them were very few really scientific. _ _ The following is the state of the thermometer during the week. It is gircn at the hours of eight in the morning, twelve at noon, and eight at night : Eight, a.m. Twelve. Eight, P.m. Jan. 15, Saturday 16 14, Sunday 15, Monday 03 16, Tuesday 05 17, Wednesday 18. Thursday 19, ' , Way 20 There is every appearance that the glass will be still lower during the night. Wind N.E. The ice much cracked. STATE OF THE THAMES. The state of the river on Thursday was such that business was almost entirely suspended. The river was completely blockaded for four hours between the lower part of Wapping and Rotherhithe ; two brigs and two schooners only came up, and got stuck fast among the ice, with not less than twenty coal barges, on which fires were burning, without which the bargemen would have been unable to re. main on board, so intense was the cold. But the most extraordinary circumstance of Thursday was that a man, without the hope of emolu ment er gain, walked from the south to the worth shore over the ice, acrd landed in safety. His situation was frequently one of most immi. trent peril, and the adventurer was watched with the most intense anxiety over the " block," as it was termed, along shore. On approach ing the north side of the river he found a channel between him and the shore, and waited until an iceberg came up the stream, on which he boldly stepped, and it drifted close to the causeway, and he landed in safety There are not less than 300 ships on butts shores, the masters and crews of which are unable to get upon land, the ice, which is not strong enough to go over in safety, cutting off all communication. Several colliers, which have been sold and meted, are unable to get into the pool to discharge their cargoes The whole of Blackwall.reach is blocked with the ice, and no boats or craft of any description can put off from either shore; there is a narrow channel in the middle of the river, free from the enormous blocks of ice and congealed snow, along which a few vessels were enable to pass. There is a good deal of ice in the lower parts of the river, and indeed all the way clown to Gravesend, the Thames is scarcely navigable. The heavy fall of snow of Wednesday night and Thursday, has very much in. creased the size of the ice-bergs. Soon after the tide began to flow Thursday, the river, from Wapping Old-stairs to Princes-stairs, on the opposite shore, had the appearance of one field of snow, the tide flowing beneath it, and the ice covered with the snow remaining still until nearly the period of high water, when a few barges were set afloat by the division of the ice. The communication between the two shores by means of the ferry boats has been closed fur four days, and hundreds in the daily habit of crossing the stream from Execution.dock to Princes stairs, and vice versa, have been compelled to travel by land, and take the circuitous route of Ratcliff-highway, Tower-hill, London bridge, Tooley-street, and Bermondsey, to Rotherhithe. The wind blew almost a gale from the northward Thursday morning, and the severity of the frost and the snow-storm on the river drove almost every one between decks. The coal-whippers, who were exposed to the weather, could scarcely pro cecel with their laborious work, and many of the old. st among them stated that they never felt the cold more intense. fhe Tower moat has been for some days frozen over, and on Wednesday a number of ama teurs got over the railings and began skating. They were soon followed by a number of men and boys, and the scene became very animated, the ice being very thick. Unfortunately for the East-enders the people were soon driven away, and tine fine sheet of ice is now unoccupied. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of laist Evening.) SI:GAIL—There has been an increased disinclination evinced on the part of buyers to purchase West India Muscovades, the refiners are altogether out of the market, and the demand from the grocers has been extremely limited, the purchases daily not exceeding 150 hhds. and trs., for which rather lower prices have been accepted, but importers generally are not inclined to sell. excepting at fully previous rates; the present dullness may be chiefly attributed to the navigation of the river and canals being closed by the ice, by which goods are prevented from being forwarded into the county ; 127 hhds. Barbadoes, which were to have been offered for public competition on Tuesday, were withdrawn, on account of the inactivity which prevails in the market ; the deliveries are still very small, and not half of what they were last season at this period ; there has not been a single arrival since our last ; the defi ciency in the comparative stocks, which lately existed, has greatly de. creased since the commencement of the year. This afternoon the importers having again submitted to easier prices, occasioned rather more demand, and 350 hhds. and tierces were taken ; the principal part by the grocers ; but the market has still a dull ap. pearance. The puaeheses since, for the week, are only 800 hints. and and tierces at quotations 1 s. under those of last Friday. In the Refined market more activity has prevailed during the present than in the pre. vious week, and the quantity of goods ready for delivery being short, an advance on former rates of 6d. to ls. has been obtained ; from the home trade there has been a good demand for both the low and good descriptions, '7Bs. paid for Lumps rather:ueder, and:Bos. for those pass. ing the standard; for shipping there have been several inquiries, smal sales of double Crushed made at 31s. 61. and in some instances 395. has been obtained, but under the latter price it is difficult to purchase. MAURITIUS. - The transactions conttnue extremely limited, and even less business has been done this than last week; the few orders now in town may partly be attributed to the inland navigation being entirely interrupted by the intense frosts, but holders continue firm, and bought in 800 bags of the new crop at sale at previous rates, good brown st 60s. to 60e, Gd., low to mid. yellow at 61s. to 633., good 645. to 655. 6d., not being inclined to submit to the offers of the buyers, which were 6d. to Is. under former prices ; there has been no arrival, and nothing is at present advertised for auction. EAST INDIA.-Bengal at the 245. duty has been in improved request for home consumption, and a good demand has prevailed ; for white de scriptions an advance on last week's rates of Gd. has been obtained, brown sorts have fully maintained their former value; 4,500 bags 57 casks have been offered for public competition, all of which found buyers, fine white at 675. to 675. Gd , mid. and good 655. 6d. to 665., good damps 655. 6d., fine yellow 635. to 638.6 d., low heavy brown 445. 6d. to to 465. ; for auction on Tuesday next 1,859 bags brown are advertised. Siamlhas been in good request at improved prices ; 4,201 bags at auc tion were taken readily at I s. advance for mid. quality ; other sort* sold at their full value ; good white went at 335. to 345., mid 325. to 32s 6d., low 30s. to 315., fine yellow 275. 6d. to 293. 3,000 bags will be shortly brought forward for public competition. For Manilla there has been rather more enquiry, but at present the transactions are only 300 bags at 225. Gd. for fine brown, being fully late rates. Moesssts.- West India are still neglected, and there hat not been a single transaction since our last, although purchases could be made ls. 6d. to 2s. under prices previously quoted. COFFEE.-The demand for all descriptions of British Plantation has been very limited by private contract since our last, and some has been brought forward for public competition ; but importers continue to re quire fully preuious prices, expecting that, from the extensive consump tion which is now going on in all parts of the country, that the mai ket will revive from its present comparatively inactive state, when the inland navigation is again opened. Jamaica for middling quality is still ex ceedingly scarce, nothing is announced for auction, and we are still without arrivals. East India descriptions with certificate arc held firmly, and from the grocers there have been several enquiries for Ceylon at last week's prices, but holders not being inclined generally to sell has prevented much business by private contract, and none has been offered at public sale. Mocha remains as last quoted, but the operations have been only to a limited extent. Export kinds are held for previous rates, but at present there has been nothing particular doing; 150 bags My.. sore at auction went at 6 ss. a 653. Gd. for good, and 695. for Mae ordinal y. COCOA.-For British Plantation the demand is still very moderate, but holders are not inclined to accept lower prices, and previous rates have been maintained, but a small part only of 123 bags 13 barrels Trinidad at auction found buyers, mid. to good grey at 465. a 525. Foreign is in demand, and being very scarce, commands high prices ; 47 bags mid. Brazil at auction sold at 375. a 38s. Gd. per cwt. Wooe.-The market has been exceedingly brisk during the present week; the demand has been very extensive and general both to supply home and export orders. The large public sales commenced on Tuesday last, and presented the following assortment :-5,500 bales Australian Van Diemen's Land, 100 Cape, 850 washed brook Odessa, 25$ Spanish, German, and Tuscan, 100 East India, and 150 of sundry other descrip. tions, making a total quantity of 7,238 bales; the attendance of buyers from the manufacturing districts was very numerous, much greater than has been the case since the year 1835. The brokers had also several Continental orders to execute; the biddings were very animated,aunsdtruap. to this evening all the Colo nial Wool p assed the sale has been taken with much eagerness, establi shin g an advance on the S eptember prices of 3d. to 4d. on corribing, and 2d. per lb. on clothing qualities; A Tian fine flocks have sold at 2s 6d., good 25., mid. Is. Bd. to Is 10d., ord. and in the grease I Id. to Is. 2d., Van Diemen's Land fine flocks 2s. 2d., mid and good Is. Gd. to is I lace, inferior and in the grease 1 Oid. to ls. 2d. ; South American inferior sd. to Gad., rather better Bd. to Iod. per lb. The sales will not be brought to a conclusion before Thursday next. English has secured a good demand at rather higher prices. Otes.-The Market for all kinds of common Fish Oils is still in a dull and declining state, the late advance in Tallow having not in the least tended to improve the demand, or support prices, and the purchases have been confined to a few small parcels taken by the borne trade, for which a reduction on previous rates of 40s, has been submitted to, 391. accepted for Cod, and 421. for Pale Seal of first quality. Sperm is held firmly, but there has been very little business doing. In Seed Oils the transactions have been limited, and for Linseed rather easier prices have been accepted. Rape has maintained former quota tions. Olive has been taken sparingly at former quotations. Palm is in demand, 351. has been obtained for a cargo, and 351. 10s. for small parcels. TALLOW. -The market has been quiet all through the week, and holders are not quite so firm as they were-the home trade have pur chased sparingly, taking only just sufficient to supply their immediate wants, at 48s. to 48s. 3d. for Petersburg yellow Candle of first quality; for delivery in the last three months there are few buyers at the present high price of 455, per cwt ; the last accounts from St. Petersburgli re presented the market firm, aid the high prices of 115 to 118 roubles paid for delivery in the Spring months, 120 on the spot, and 123 asked for delivery in August, even at which rates several of the holders were not inclined to sell ; it ie expected that the supplies for the ensuing sea son will be about 140,000 casks. COTTON -The market remains in the same dull state as has bean the ease for several weeks past; but holders are not inclined to submit to any reduction in prices ; the public sales adveitized for the 2d Fe. binary consist of 10,947 bales Surat, 3,786 Madras, 126 Demerara, and 24 baskets Siam. PeovistoNs.-Irish Butter has been in good demand at an advance on last week's rates of 2.5. Foreign has been taken fieely at former quotations, and in some instances rather more money has been ob tined; sales of fine descriptions made at 11.25. Bacon is still taken very spa_ ringly ; hut tower rates have not been accept r.pl. Tri Taad the perelias , Piave - bean limited ; prices much the same as 1 3 viouoly quoted. and Mess Beef and Pork in good request ; the former at 'previous quo tations, for the latter a slight advance obtained. TOBACCO.—There have been several enquiries, and former rates freely offered, but holders generally not being inclined to sell at present has checked business to any extent, and the transactions have been confined to 450 hhds. Kentucky, taken on speculation at 41(1. for good. ShLTPETRE.-11r transactions in Rough have been very limited ; the attentio❑ of the buyers being directed to a public said of 4,579 bags ad_ vertized for Tuesday next. English Relined has secured a steady sale at 295. in hhds. and 29s 6d. in barrels. This afternoon 339 bags at public sale went at very full price;, re fraction 5 per cent. at 255., refraction 2.6, per cent. 235. TURPENTINE. —Spirits are held for Is advance, hut the demand has been only for small quantities. In Rough nothing done, and purchases could be made at 13s. 6d. per cwt. Itiutuo.—This week, the biddings have been rather more ani mated, but on the whole the trade have purchased rather sparingly, both shippers and the home buyers, but proprietors continue firm, and have bought in three-fourths of the quantity passed the chair at Bd. to 9d. above October prices; those sold have gone at an advance on the rates of the last sale of 2d . to 3d. on fine shippers, 4d. on mid. shipp,rs, and 4d. to Cid. per lb. on consuming descriptions ; at prices qual to the last sale there are several buyers. This day 841 chests passed the sale; of that quantity about 450 have been sold, and 391 bought in. The biddings were more animated, and buyers coming forward more freely ; proprietors have sold a large pro portion, and obtained rather better prices than any previous day ; the advance on the October sale's prices rule from 4d. to 7d. per lb, The total quantity now passed the hammer is 4,933 chests, of vrhieh 1,500 chests have been actually sold, the remainder having been taken in and withdrawn from the proprietors; the sale will be brought to a conclusion on Wednesday next. SPICES.—In Pimento there has been again a good business transacted, and a further advance in prices of rd. has been obtained; 550 bags at auction at 3 %d. to 3rd. for low middling to good. Pepper is held firmly. common Sumatra at 4d. ; but there has been less enquiry, and the de mand has been confined to a few small parcels taken by private contract at former rates. For Cassia Liguea the demand has been limited; but previous prices have been maintained, at which holders are firm. Gin ger, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs are unaltered in value ; but the opera_ tions have been trivial. The Cinnamon sales are postponed until the 29th. This afternoon the sales consisted of4oo bags 100 robins Malabar Ginger and 24 casks Nutmegs, the former went at rather higher prices, good at 2fis. ; damaged, 21s. to 245.; the latter were all taken in at late rates ; good, first quality, at ss. ; 4s. I ld. offered for a part. NITRATE OF SODA —There has been an improved request for this article ; 15i. 6d. paid for an extensive parcel ; the price at Liverpool is much above the quotations in this market. RlCE. —Last India continues to be taken freely, and an advance of 3d. to 6d. on previous rates have been obtained; 100 bags at auction sold at 13s. 6d. for good white, and small broken at 12s. Carolina is still in fair request for consumption at 39.5. to 248. ; but for export there has been little doing. This afternoon, at public salt, 408 bags, 400 pookets Bengal went at stiff prices; mid. and good white at 130. to 13s. 6d. ; bulen at 10s. 6d. per cwt_ IMPORTANT INQUEST.—A considerable degree of excitement has been produced in Sherborne ever since Thursday. by the reported death of a mendicant in the watch house, under circumstances calculated most seriously to impugn the conduct of some of the public officers. The unfortunate object, it appears, reached Yeovil from Sher borne late on Monday evening, in search of work u a collar-maker. Being unsuccessfu I, he applied to the relieving officer of the Nlendicity Society, at between nine and ten o'clock at night. The rules of the Society do not permit the granting of relief after nine o'clock, but under peculiar circumstances. Deceased, having the appearance of being much in liquor, was refused relief ; and Slade, the constable, subse quently finding deceased on the ground in the lane near gr. Porter's house, knocked at the door, and inquired what should be done with him. Mr. Porter, in reply. advised his being taken to the watch house, under the impression that he was in a state of intoxication ; at the same time desiring his release the next morning. Slade accordingly took the un fortunate man to the watch-house, informing him that some one would be soon there to light a fire. It seems, however, that not only was the wretched inmate suffered to remain there the whole night without a spark of fire to warm his chilled and rapidly sinking frame, till the Wednesday night following, when he was found by a boy (who went tar the cell for the purpose of lighting the Cr.) a cold and stiffened corpse! The Court opened ca Friday morning, and continued, by adjournment, up to Tuesday evening. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of manslaughter against George Hill and Janus Bear; end, as regards the borough constable (Slade), the jury divided in equal iiumbere ; eonse. quently he is discharged. The Coroner committed the two former •• the gaol of Ilehester.—Sherborne Journal. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—A Court Of Common Council was held on Thursday for the appointment of Committees of the Corporation for the year ensuing, and other business—the Court was fully attended. Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Campbell, and some other gentlem, n of the Literary Institution of the Friends of Poland, at tended with a resolution of thanks for the use of Guildhall for a ball for the relief of the Polish refugees, which, after some observations from his Lordship and Mr. Campbell, was ordered to be entered on the journals. Various returns and accounts were presented. The Royal Entertainment Committee presented a report of their proceedings on waiting upon her Majesty, requesting she would be graciously pleased to sit for her portrait ; and a!so on having provided a suitable medal to commemorate her Majesty's visit to this city on Lord Mayor's Day last. The report stated that her 'Majesty was pleased most graciously to Acquaint the deputation that she should be happy to present her portrait to the city of London ; and the Committee recommended the same to be pieced in the Guildhall as a memorial of her Majesty's condescension in honouring the city with her presence at the Guildhall at dinner on that occasion. The report was agreed to, and the Committee em powered to carry the Caine into effect. THE WEATHER.-A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH. —The weather on Thursday was exceedingly cold, accompanied by a piercing Easterly wind, and a continued fa lof snow. At an early hour of the morning some policanen of the V division found the body of a man or colour, shout forty-five years of age, lying under a haystack. while on duty, near the village of Wandsworth, Surrey. No documents were found on searching his clothes, likely to lead to the discovery of who the unfortunate individual was; and it is supposed he must have laid himself under the hay fur warmth, and become frozen to death. The body has been removed to the workhouse of that Farish, where it awaits a Coroner's Inquest. The River Thames, above bridge, presents a, most cold and cheerless appearance. All the wonted bustle and acti vity on the wharfs along its banks is no longer seen, and nothing presents itself to view but ice and snow. From Westminster Bridge to Batter sea Bridge, the ice extends from bath the Middlesex and Surrey shores, a considerable distance towards the centre of the river, leaving but a narrow channel, which is c.,vered with floating ice. At Putney and Hammersmith Bridges, the channel is still narrower, but nearer the me tropolis the ice is covered with rough hillocks, which prevents either skating or sliding. At Kew Bridge the river is nearly frozen over. which is the case by Richmond Bridge, where a large body of skaters are every morning amusing themselves with that healthy exercise. The " Animals' Friend Society," last week, charged. the driver of Williams's Hammersmith omnibus, 2,587, with having whipped a horse on a sore. He was fined by Alderman White. Lnd the driver of Warburton's Paddington omni bus, 377, was charged with having worked a horse with the skin off on both sides under the collar. Mr. Hobler, the Chief' Clerk at the Mansion-house, thought this case not one of cruelty under the Act, and the Lord Mayor dismissed it, as well as a similar charge on the driver of Cloud's Hammer smith omnibus, 2,509, with costs on the Society, one of the horses having been charged by .a farrier, brought forward ow the occasion, with having too thin a shin. The Society has received accounts of three more convictious by its agents at. Birmingham of dog fighters, &c. It has also been of great service to horses by laying down ashes and straw on Holborn hill. TUFF HALL !—ls this a locality, or a living personage ? The epithet " Raff," howbeit somewhat mys tical to the majority of our fair readers, cannot be mistaken by those who are conversant with " things in general ;" for it is one of those boasts of our English tongue which are wholly untranslatable. Ralf— Raffish— Riff-raff, &c. &c. What. breadth of expression does it not include? The whole Slang; Dictionary has nothing richer in meaning. How nicely, too, does the meaning fall in with the prevalent passion for the ro mance of low life. " Kings," it has been irreverently said, " are fond of low company," and it should seem that their people are at last following the lead. Paul De Kock has lately carried everything before him in France, by dint of delineating Raffs of every kind, quality, and degree. Whether " Raff Hall" is to rival the works of the clever Frenchman in its choice of subject, we know not—but if all we anticipate from its author's cleverness come to pass, it may hope to rival them spirit, liveliness, and popularity. THE FROST.—The continuance of the frost begins to be the cause of considerable distress among the poor of the metropolis. Not only have the labours of many hundred workmen been interrupted by the severity of the weather, but there has been a considerable rise in the price of the necessaries of life. Coals, especially, have been raised as much as 3d. or 4d. per cwt., just at the time when they are most wanted. In several districts in the metropolis local Associations have: been formed, and subscriptions raised for the purpose of suTp plying the poor with firing at reduced charges, and have been productive of great good. SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS EACH. An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of them warranted, and of various sizes, may be selected from, for the above price, at, T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornbal l , London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst„ at Buckling Lodge, Aylsham, Mrs. .1. Mott, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Lynton, North Devon, the lady a the Rev. J. J. Scott, of a son. On the 15th init., in Tavistock-place, the lady of T. Gibber, Esq., of a (laughter. On the 1 lth inst., at the Manor-house, Westbourne-green, Mrs. J. Braithwaite, of a son. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Eltham, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Boyd, to Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. John Vachell, of the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. On the 11th inst. — , at Stanmore, Middlesex, Thoma., Howard Layers, Esq., to Georgiana Stewart, second daughter of Fraacia Dancer, Esq.. of Wealdstone House, Harrow, and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Dalrymple. DIED. On the 18th inst., Ralph Ellis, Esq. , of Torrington-square, in the 77th year of his age. On the 9th inst., at Bishop's Stortfort: 4 Thomas Clough, Esq., aged 90. At Leamington, Warwickshire, Ann, youngest (laughter of the late Rev. John Cundall, of Kingston-on-Thames. On the 12th inst., at Brier tiouse, Stoke Newington-road, Mr, J. W. Boddington, of Philpot-lane, aged 58. Ox the 31st ult., Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Moody, of the Strarvd, second daughter of H. Bidewell, Esq., of 13eeston Regis, Norfo'dc• On the 12th inst., at Southwood House, Isle of Thanet„ Mrs. Winter, aged GO, relict of S. Winter, Esq. On the 10th inst,, at Woodbridge, aged 79, Ann, last surviving' sister of the late J. Mortlock, Esq., of Cambridge. On the 13th inst., at Brixton-place, Mrs. Miriam Roberts, late of Stockwell, Surrey, aged 89. At Plaistow, Kent, on the 13th inst., aria 75, Obadiah Elliot t, Esq., of Westminster Bridge-road, coach-builder. London Printed and Published. by MURDO YOUNG, of 1 " . 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the count , 0/ Aliddlesex.—Saturday, January 20, 1838. t